Chapter 307: Who Can Read?
Lukka ignored the curator's nagging and walked over and pushed the door.
Sure enough, as Werner had said, the door was clearly in disrepair, and there was a squeaky sound when it opened.
As soon as the door opened, a cloud of dust enveloped Luca in the breeze that poured in.
He put his cuffs in front of his nose, quickly took two steps back, coughed and said to Werner: "Didn't you say you just drove it three days ago?
Director Werner also took out a handkerchief, covered his mouth and nose, and said in a voice that was muffled behind the handkerchief: "After the war, there were not enough people, and we couldn't study anything every year, so we didn't go in at all this year." ”
It wasn't until the dust settled that Lukka saw the bookshelf in the door.
It was not a shelf of wood that would normally hold many books, but a rosy wooden pole supporting a slightly sloping wooden slab from above, similar to the chanting table in the Storm Temple, with a piece of paperweight on top of it to hold the pages down. Only one book can be spread out on the countertop, and people can stand in front of the shelf just enough to look down and read.
Now, instead of opening, the book is closed, with the cover facing up.
Compared to Luca's memory book, the cover color of this book is darker, and the leather edging style is not different. Even if Luca hadn't actually looked at the cover, he could recognize it at a glance, but it was old and looked a lot shabby.
He bent down, walked into the cubicle, and held out his hand towards the cover of the book.
Director Werner hurriedly reminded: "Beware, when this book is touched, it may cause some accidents, and someone last time-"
Before he could finish speaking, Lukka had already copied the heavy book in his hand.
After a quick flip, he looked up and asked Werner, "What did you just say?"
The curator was stunned for a moment and shook his head: "Forget it, it's okay, you continue to watch." ”
"I wanted to keep looking, but—" Lukka said, straightening up and slamming his head into the bottom of the stairs, "Look, it's too short here to straighten up. Can you find me a more comfortable place to sit and watch?"
"Of course, of course. Someone was able to open the book, and that inflated Werner's curiosity.
He led everyone to a spacious reading room on the same floor. Although there was no large, soft sofa on the Silent Reaper, the chair next to the desk was comfortable, and Lukka sat down with the book in his arms.
"Captain Lester, can I read this book?" asked Curator Werner hesitantly.
"Absolutely. Lukka had never thought of cherishing the knowledge in the book, and although the book was a thing of the wizarding world, the ownership should still be a library after all, and he didn't plan to steal it in a pirate way.
He closed the page and handed it over with both hands.
Werner's fingers had barely touched the cover of the book when they snapped open as if they had been electrocuted. He covered his right hand and gasped for a long time before sighing and saying, "It seems that I still can't touch it." ”
"So be it. Lukka laid the book flat on the table and turned to the first page, "Just look at it from a distance, and I'll turn the page for you." ”
Not only Werner, but everyone else also gathered around curiously.
"Is this a page?" Lukka decided, and no one else here knew the words of the wizarding world except himself, and they just looked at it casually.
Werner frowned and said, "Please turn to the next page." ”
Lukka reached out and flipped the fragile pages. The paper of the book was different from what he had seen at the time, the original lilac had long since faded, leaving only a slightly burnt yellow texture.
After a few seconds, Werner added: "Turn the page again, please." ”
Sure enough, I couldn't understand it, Lukka quickly turned the pages one by one, and before he was halfway there, Linde, who was sitting on the shoulders of the half-giant, couldn't hold his breath first, raised his head and said, "The whole book is like this?"
"What is that?" Lukka didn't understand what he meant.
"That's it, the whole book is blank?" Phil asked, pointing to the page.
"Blank, how is that possible?" Lukka lowered his head and looked at it again, "Isn't this densely written?"
He looked at everyone, and almost everyone shook their heads slightly.
"You really can't see?" Lukka asked.
Thea jumped up excitedly: "I can see it!"
Crete nodded calmly: "I can see it too." ”
It seems that the words and patterns on this book are really invisible to most people. Lukka picked up the book and examined it again.
It was normal for Crete to be able to see, but it would be strange if he couldn't. But Thea can see it, what does this mean?
"The ink used in this book is interesting, and it is shiny with silver!" Thea said.
Lukka suddenly understood that as a silver dragon, Thea's perception of magic was no less than his own, and the words in this book were not written in ink, but the magic that was frozen on the paper.
"So, only a few people can study it. Director Werner said disappointedly.
Lukka thought for a moment, then suddenly laughed: "Not necessarily. ”
He poured his own mana into the paper, slightly adding some illusionary effects.
The words on the pages began to glow faintly red, shimmering for a while, before fixing at a slightly glaring intensity, like the lights used on shop signs.
"I can see it this way, but my eyes are tired. Ollie watched for a few seconds, and tears almost flowed from her eyes.
"Yes, but one thing is certain now," said Director Werner, rubbing his eyes, "and the pattern on the door is indeed the text of this book." ”
"We can't read it anyway," Phil was slightly disappointed, "why don't you just tell me, what is this book about?"
Lukka put away the mana flow and said, "It's mainly about describing all kinds of large magic circles. ”
"Is it the kind you drew on the ground before, or the kind you made out on your hands?" Thea asked.
Many people have seen the magic circle on the ground, and the circle drawn by Lukka using his fingers to guide the flow of magic is a necessary step for casting spells, which only Thea and Crete can see.
"Neither. Lukka shook his head, "The circle described in this book is larger than all the circles I've ever seen. ”
"How big, how big can an island be?" asked Phil curiously.
"No," Lukka said, taking a deep breath and pointing to a page that everyone couldn't see, "the circle on this page needs to be 1,456 kilometers in diameter, and this is not the largest in this book. ”
Ollie gasped, "Isn't that nearly eight hundred nautical miles?